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Miss USA

Miss Universe 2017 Philippines

Miss Universe contestant Johanna Acs of Germany waves as she walks to the yacht Happy Life to join other contestants in a cruise to a beach resort in Batangas province, south of Manila, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 at the Philippine Navy headquarters in Manila, Philippines. Eighty-six candidates from around the world are vying for the title to succeed Pia Wurtzbach from the Philippines. The competition takes place on Jan. 30. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)Miss Universe contestants, from left, Rebecca Rath of Belize, Chanelle de Lau of Curacao and Cherell Williamson of Bahamas pose for a photo aboard the yacht Happy Life prior to cruising to a beach resort in Batangas province Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 at the Philippine Navy headquarters in Manila, Philippines. Eighty-six candidates from around the world are vying for the title to succeed Pia Wurtzbach from the Philippines. The competition takes place on Jan. 30. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)Philippine Navy SEALS escorts the yacht Happy Life with Miss Universe contestants on board as it crueses to a beach resort in Batangas province, south of Manila, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 at the Philippine Navy headquarters in Manila, Philippines. Eighty-six candidates from around the world are vying for the title to succeed Pia Wurtzbach from the Philippines. The competition takes place on Jan. 30. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)Miss Universe contestant Carolina Duran of Costa Rica, center, reacts to a TV network’s drone as others prepare to pose from the deck of the yacht Happy Life prior to cruising to a beach resort in Batangas province Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 at the Philippine Navy headquarters in Manila, Philippines. Eighty-six candidates from around the world are vying for the title to succeed Pia Wurtzbach from the Philippines. The competition takes place on Jan. 30. They are, from left, Cherell Williamson of Bahamas, Rebecca Rath of Belize, Hildur Maria of Iceland, and Chanelle de Lau of Curacao. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)Miss Universe contestants pose from the deck of the yacht Happy Life prior to cruising to a beach resort in Batangas province, south of Manila, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017 at the Philippine Navy headquarters in Manila, Philippines. Eighty-six candidates from around the world are vying for the title to succeed Pia Wurtzbach from the Philippines. The competition takes place on Jan. 30. They are, from left front row, Luisa Baptista of Angola, Teodora Dan of Romania and Nuka Karalashvili of Georgia. Back row from left, Keity Drennan of Panama, Rebecca Rath of Belize, Chanelle de Lau of Curacao and Cherell Williamson of Bahamas. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

2017 AD New Year Celebration in various countries:

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The fireworks celebrating New Year during the Marina Bay Singapore 2017 Countdown. Photo source: Xinhua/Then Chih WeyPolice officers are seen on duty at Times Square ahead of New Year celebration in New York, the United States. Photo Source: Xinhua/Wang YingPope Francis prays in front of the nativity scene after celebrating a new year’s eve vespers Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016. Photo Source: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters pool via APPeople, some holding Turkish flags and some wearing Santa Claus hats participate during New Year’s cerebrations in Istanbul’s Ortakoy district by the Bosphorus, during New Year’s cerebrations. Photo Source: AP/Emrah GurelPeople pray for the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej during New Years celebrations in front of the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Photo Source: AFP/ LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHAThe fireworks celebrating New Year at Sydney Harbour in Sydney, Australia. Photo Source: Xinhua/Hongye ZhuFireworks erupt over Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House during the New Years Eve. Photo Source: APF / PETER PARKSFireworks erupt over Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House during the New Years Eve. Photo Source: AFP/PETER PARKSPeople attend a candlelight rally to demand President Park Geun-hye to step down in Seoul, South Korea. Photo Source: Xinhua/Lee Sang-hoPeople watch and take pictures with their cell phones as fireworks explode over the Kremlin at Red Square which was blocked by police during New Year celebrations in Moscow, Russia, Sunday. New Year’s Eve is Russia’s major gift-giving holiday, and big Russian cities were awash in festive lights and decorations. Photo Source: AP /Alexander Zemlianichenko JrSpectators watch fireworks in front of the Palace Kultury during the New Year celebrations in Warsaw, Poland. Thousands of Warsaw residents took to the streets in the capital to usher in the New Year. Photo Source: AP /Czarek SokolowskiPeople buy round fruits as part of the preparations to welcome the New Year in Manila, Philippines. Filipinos usually put at least twelve different round fruits that have the circular shape of coin money on their dinning table to symbolize prosperity for the coming New Year. Photo Source: AP/Bullit MarquezFireworks explode from Auckland’s Sky Tower as the new year is welcomed to New Zealand. Photo Source: Peter Meecham/New Zealand Herald via APVisitors walk around the Uppatasanti Pagoda on the new year day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Source: AP/Aung Shine OoThe 2017 appears during a firework over the Arc de Triomphe as part of the New Year celebrations on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, France. Photo Source: AP /Christophe EnaLights illuminate the historical site of Giza Pyramids and Sphinx to celebrate the New Year in Egypt. Photo Source: AP /Amr Nabil